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- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kcq0tjmvGOs
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- **Posted:** 2026-03-21T12:00:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) — https://gondola.cc/BusinessInsider

## Caption

Waymo, Tesla and others are racing to build a potentially trillion-dollar robotaxi business. But after riding in both cars, visiting Waymo's San Francisco depot, interviewing safety engineers, and activists — we discovered that nothing on the road today is truly autonomous. In this episode of "Pushing Limits," we explore all the reasons why self-driving cars are almost impossible.

00:00 - Nothing Is Autonomous
00:57 - Lidar vs. Camera Only
03:05 - The School Bus Problem
05:28 - Levels Of Automation
07:27 - Snow
09:22 - The Long-Tail Problem
14:49 - The Human-To-Car Ratio
15:32 - Stuck In A Waymo
18:11 - Inside Waymo's Depot
22:00 - Scale
26:33 - Resistance
31:06 - Where Full Autonomy Happens First
35:55 - Final Thoughts
39:42 - Credits

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#autonomousdriving #autonomousvehicles #waymo #tesla #robotaxi #thelimit #pushinglimits

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Why Fully Self-Driving Cars Are Almost Impossible | Pushing Limits | Business Insider

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waymo, tesla, pushinglimits, robotaxi, autonomousvehicles, thelimit, autonomousdriving

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